Example sentences of "[adj] think of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marriage is a loving , caring relationship where each thinks of the other 's good and this is especially important in relation to sex . |
| 2 | The theory of Greek drama is intended to provide the guidelines for such a theatre , for there is an idea prevalent in Germany that a special affinity links German thought of the period with classical Greek thought . |
| 3 | It is , however , wrong to think of the Prime Minister as having absolute power . |
| 4 | It is so much easier to think of the so-called four skills ! |
| 5 | In discussions about ‘ choice ’ , for instance , it would thus have been unrealistic to think of the number of alternative daily papers as growing from nine in 1945 to twelve in 1990 . |
| 6 | Indeed , autonomy has been seen as a general virtue in philosophical thought of the Western world . |
| 7 | But as she hurried up the stairs to the sanctuary of her bedroom , what filled her mind was the stark , appalling thought of the treachery she had so nearly perpetrated on herself . |
| 8 | It had been impossible to think of the future since John 's abduction , but 17 April was only weeks away and I had been discussing with Chris and Nick how we might mark it in some way . |
| 9 | It is easy to think of the doctor , for example , whose father and grandfather were doctors before him and who takes it for granted that his son will follow in his footsteps — without really stopping to consider whether that is what his son wants to do . |
| 10 | Witness the image of the watch : it remained easy to think of the system as having a grand purpose built into it . |
| 11 | It is possible that Tolkien thought of The Lord of the Rings in the same way . |
| 12 | It was sometimes rather hard to think of the late Robert Maxwell as British . |
| 13 | On the one hand , it is natural to think of the world outside mind as consisting solely of particulars : the only things that could be general would be ideas . |
| 14 | It is customary to think of the defeat of Hitler as a ‘ Zero Hour ’ in German history , when everything started with a clean slate . |
| 15 | In Britain , Europe , and the eastern United States it is perhaps customary to think of the decades from the 1830s to the 1880s as the great era of railway-building . |
| 16 | We can all think of the favourites , and if I could get the Pope , Frank Sinatra and the Queen I 'd book them tomorrow . |
| 17 | It is sometimes useful to think of the findings of science , that is to say the meaningful observations made and their linking together , as being contributions to a kitty which is the theory of the subject . |
| 18 | How many think of the credit column . |
| 19 | ‘ Old age ’ is not a disease in itself , and it is not helpful to think of the problems which face older people as being caused ‘ by their age ’ . |
| 20 | I think it is helpful to think of the latter as debtor ( creditor-supplier ) agreements since this emphasizes the fact that in such agreements there is some connection between the creditor and the supplier : either they are the same person eg in the credit-sale , conditional sale , of HP agreement ; or there are business arrangements between them . |
| 21 | But it is better to think of the Pentateuch as one book divided into five sections , rather than as five books rolled into one . |
| 22 | That 's why it might be better to think of the Universe as not having a boundary — it goes on for ever . |
| 23 | It is important to think of the high wind straps as being completely independent of the straps further forward . |
| 24 | I wanted it to be over , to return to the innocence and freedom of life before the kidnap , for John to be safe , for us all to know some kind of certainty instead of this constant doubt and anxiety , to be able to think of the future again . |
| 25 | You 're quite reluctant to think of the bad points because it suddenly seems like the most perfect patch of land on this planet . |
| 26 | Making investments was undoubtedly easier then , with potential customers filling the streets and high risk start-ups portrayed as brilliant opportunities for investors , with little thought of the potential losses . |
| 27 | One thinks of the Moorgate crash in 1975 which killed 42 people and seriously injured 75 ; one thinks of the Goodge Street fire of 1981 and , inevitably , King 's Cross . |
| 28 | Stannard 's treatment is not entirely new , rather he is usefully conveying elements of some recent trends in Christian theology which take science very seriously while preserving the realities of faith ( one thinks of the writings of Tom Torrance , Stanley Jaki , Arthur Peacocke , the meetings of the UK science and Faith Forum , and of the World Council of Churches 's programme on faith and science ) . |
| 29 | From the moment I first thought of the play , I thought he 'd be ideal for the part . |
| 30 | If one thought of the head only going forward , and not upward , it would invariably drop downwards , causing an increase of muscular tension in the neck area . |